DUNTON, a parish, joint with Doughton, in the hundred of GALLOW, county of NORFOLK, 3 miles (W. by N.) from Fakenham, containing 124 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £5. 6. 8. T. W. Coke, Esq. was patron in 1800. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.